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Originally Posted by fizzypants
So my first 3-4 live 1/2nl cash games session went really well with tight play paying off all the time.. but the new casino I've had my first two sessions of 1/3nl have gone really bad.. I've never gone busto both times but stacked down from 300 to like 100-150 both times with my tight, passive-scared play.. but I don't think I'm doing anything wrong here's why..
If you have not gone bust they have not gone really bad. I once shoved preflop with KK 5 times in one day and got called by worse hands every time and lost every single time. I went through more then $1000 that day. Variance at poker is huge and you just have to learn to deal with it.
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Originally Posted by fizzypants
Example Hand 1 (eff stacks 200+): AKo in SB, epr to 10, I call (coz its an epr and I hate to play oop), BB calls.. flop K62r.. epr bets 25, I call, BB calls, turn 10 goes check-check-check, river 7, I lead 60... BB makes it 120, epr folds, and I obv insta fold cuz I'm no good there.. I hate overplaying AKo and wanted to make my hand deceptive a bit too..
The problem here is that you underplayed your hand and then folded to a raise. Depending on villain the fold could be correct, particularly against the min-raise on river. However, an aggressive or bad villain could be raising here with any KX figuring they are good. This is a judgement call and I would lean fold a lot depending on villain, but it isn't a trivial fold.
Preflop depends on the table, villains and stack sizes. In general though, the highest EV line for AK out of the blinds if your not deep is raise and aim to get it in if you hit.
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Originally Posted by fizzypants
Example Hand 2: KK in ep, I make it 10, 3 callers, flop 478hh, I lead 25, the same guy next to me makes it 50, everyone folds, and so do I.
The same guy min-raised you twice? At that point I'm even more suspicious of the min-raise. There are aggressive players who will min-raise their draws on these somewhat scary boards, knowing that tight players will lay their hands down too often. Random fish are more likely to slow play a flop like that, so the min-raise is often testing to see if your bet was a real hand or not.
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Originally Posted by fizzypants
I can't win a hand with AK/KK or whatever.. I don't like playing looser and getting involved in too many pots.. also, I tried making big raises in session 1 and that too had the same outcome, everytime I have a monster pre, my cbets get raised post flop and I'm left clueless.
With QQ+ if you can raise more then 10% of effective stacks and get callers it is +EV to stack off on all but the worst flops. If you raise to $30 and somebody with a stack of $150 calls you should be planning to get it in. If a raise to $30 is getting multiple callers, then raise more. The more they are willing to call, the more profitable it is for you.